Google the lady, and you can see she's tried every publicity stunt in the book. She sent her self-published novel to J.K. Rowling and even provided a wikianswer to a "question" about whether J.K. Rowling had written it!

And the Me and My Best Friend book was actually published over a year ago:

Why do you think kids hate paper books? My kids ages 6-14 love them. I wouldn't even think about buying them ereaders. I think you are wrong. Just my opinion. A lot of adults still love books too its hard to curl up in bed with a computer.....

No, Strategic Book Publishing belongs to Robert Fletcher, who has run various vanity publishers and the "literary agencies" that feed them.

The Florida Attorney General's Office is suing him. From their press release:

"The Attorney General’s Economic Crimes Division received more than 175 complaints from around the world claiming Fletcher and his associates, who claimed to act as literary agents and publishers, allegedly collected money from victims anxious to see their work published. Potential writers paid anywhere from $89 for an initial critique to over $600 for various services including editing and marketing of a manuscript to publishers. Allegedly, Fletcher also told potential writers that fees were paid from book sales when in fact all costs of publishing were paid by the authors. According to the lawsuit, few books were ever sold as a result of the efforts of Fletcher’s companies."

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